Reason number 1- You own a pharmaceutical company. A good probiotic is one of the keys to keeping your immune system strong. Pharmaceutical companies make their money selling the idea that you need their drugs to stay healthy. If you’re immune system is healthy and fully functioning, you’ll only need to take prescription drugs in real emergencies.
If you own a pharmaceutical company you’ll be setting a bad example by keeping up your health. After all, people cant be expected to take a drug that you’d never take, right?
Excuse number 2- you live miles outside of a city… a century and a half ago. Technology and progress are wonderful things, but we sometimes embrace them too quickly. Its true that people are living 20 years longer on average than they did 150 years ago. The masses aren’t dying from things like the plague or polio. But we are eating dangerous toxins every single day. A good probiotic can boost your immune and help your body process these toxins better.
Reason number 3- You eat a perfect organic diet every day with plenty of dairy. I try to eat organic food as often as possible, but its not always possible. First I cant be 100 percent sure that there wasn’t a mix-up in the grocery store. But more often, I just cheat. Its a fast paced world and I cant always eat perfectly.
Sometimes it’s a french fry, a soda, a coffee, or a beer. No matter what it is, I cheat in some small way almost every day. These little cheats add up to a lot of unhealthy food every month. But I can rest assured that my Probiotic supplement is there to clean up my mess.
Excuse number 4- you’re waiting for the scientific tests on probiotics to be conclusive. You’ll be waiting a long time. Its not because there haven’t been hundreds of university and independent studies that have shown just how beneficial probiotics can be, but because there will always be a pharmaceutical giant out to disprove them. And the pharmaceutical companies are working with government money.
As long as such a huge percent (almost 20% by some counts) of the United States profits are coming from the ultra-powerful marketing of prescription drugs to cure diseases, the government has no interest in preventing them. Your health comes after the economy’s health in their view.
